charter bond; in the second, he would have to pay
for all the bullocks which died; in the third, that if he wished to take
Miss Hicks as his wife, he must not first injure her character by having
her on board before the solemnity; and lastly, that he could always go
and marry her whenever he pleased; the brother could not prevent him.
All this was very good advice, and the captain became quite calm and
rational, and set his studding-sails below and aloft.

As for Gascoigne, it was no use reasoning with him, so it was agreed
that he should have satisfaction as soon as they could get on shore
again. Mr Hicks was the most violent; he insisted that the vessel
should return, while both Jack and the captain refused, although he
threatened them with the whole Foreign Office. He insisted upon having
his clothes, but Jack replied that they had tumbled overboard as they
pulled from the shore. He then commanded the mate and men to take the
vessel back, but they laughed at him and his woman's clothes. "At all
events, I'll have you turned out of the service," said he to our hero,
in his fury. "I shall be extremely obliged to you," said Jack--and
Captain Hogg was so much amused with the vice-consul's appearance in his
sister's clothes, that he quite forgot his own disappointment in
laughing at his intended brother-in-law. He made friends again with
Jack, who regained his ascendancy, and ordered out the porter on the
capstern-head. They had an excellent dinner, but Mr Hicks refused to
join them; which, however, did not spoil the appetite of Jack or the
captain: as for Gascoigne, he could not eat a mouthful, but he drank to
excess, looking over the rim of his tumbler as if he could devour our
hero, who only laughed the more. Mr Hicks had applied to the men to
lend him some clothes, but Jack had foreseen that, and he was
omnipotent. There was not a jacket or a pair of trousers to be had for
love or money. Mr Hicks then considered it advisable to lower his
tone, and he applied to Captain Hogg, who begged to be excused without
he consented to his marriage with his sister, to which Mr Hicks gave an
indignant negative. He then applied to Gascoigne, who told him in a
very surly tone to go to hell. At last he applied to our hero, who
laughed, and said that he would see him damned first. So Mr Hicks sat
down in his petticoats, and vowed revenge. Gascoigne, who had drunk
much and eaten nothing, turned in and went to sleep--while Ca